A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America: With an Appendix, and Plates, Volume 2author, 1818 - United States |
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... volunteers and about 150 Indians , commanded by colonel Chapin , " attacked the piquet - guard of the British ; and , after an bour and a half's hard - fighting , " drove it upon the main - body ; when " the whole British army , See Vol ...
... volunteers and about 150 Indians , commanded by colonel Chapin , " attacked the piquet - guard of the British ; and , after an bour and a half's hard - fighting , " drove it upon the main - body ; when " the whole British army , See Vol ...
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... volunteers , and Indians , succeeded in driving the British army from the vicinity of Fort- George , and pursued them as far as the Twelve- mile Creek . " * Major - general Proctor's discomfiture reached the head quarters of the ...
... volunteers , and Indians , succeeded in driving the British army from the vicinity of Fort- George , and pursued them as far as the Twelve- mile Creek . " * Major - general Proctor's discomfiture reached the head quarters of the ...
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... volunteers , and 70 of the western Indians , led by colonel Elliot , moved forward on the road towards the Forty - mile Creek ; beyond which point he had been ordered not to proceed . The advance of this small detachment soon reached ...
... volunteers , and 70 of the western Indians , led by colonel Elliot , moved forward on the road towards the Forty - mile Creek ; beyond which point he had been ordered not to proceed . The advance of this small detachment soon reached ...
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... volunteer - militia , about 590 rank and file , also a body of Indian warriors , not exceeding 120 , crossed the Niagara , and landed , without opposition , about two miles below Black Rock . The light - company of the 89th advanced ...
... volunteer - militia , about 590 rank and file , also a body of Indian warriors , not exceeding 120 , crossed the Niagara , and landed , without opposition , about two miles below Black Rock . The light - company of the 89th advanced ...
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... volunteers at the battery were at their guns , and a general determination seemed to prevail of giving the enemy a warm recep- tion . " + What , then , becomes of doctor Smith's assertion , that Havre de Grace was " unprotected ; " or ...
... volunteers at the battery were at their guns , and a general determination seemed to prevail of giving the enemy a warm recep- tion . " + What , then , becomes of doctor Smith's assertion , that Havre de Grace was " unprotected ; " or ...
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